Everyone was sure that Luke Pell would be announced as “The Bachelor” 2017, but instead, they gave the job to Nick Viall. Now host Chris Harrison is speaking out and says not to totally count out the idea of Luke getting the job someday, but it won’t be next season like fans hoped. E! Online shared what Chris Harrison had to say.

“Luke was great, and I think people need to understand this isn’t an indictment on Luke. He’s a great guy, a super nice guy, and we may see him next summer in Paradise, we may see him as the next Bachelor. Who knows? I mean look what happened with Nick! You never know who could come back…I would still say Luke would be a great bachelor, but Nick, as of right now, is our guy.”

The thing is they would have to convince Luke Pell to join reality television again, and he just might not want to do that in the future. As I shared on Blasting News, Luke found out that he wouldn’t be “The Bachelor” less than 24 hours before he was supposed to fly out there and be announced. This couldn’t have gone over well, and now Luke might take a lot of convincing to get him to do the show in the future. He did say he didn’t have plans to do reality TV in the future.

Were you shocked to hear that Luke Pell wasn’t “The Bachelor” 2017? Do you think he should do the show in the future? Sound off in the comments section below on your thoughts.